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No. 821,945. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906. E. B. LEWIS.

DESK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.19, 1905.

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PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1905.

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EDWARD B. LEWIS, OF HOWARDSVILLE, VIRGINIA.

DESK- Specification of Letters Patent Patented May 29, 1906.

Application filed January 19, 1905. Serial No. 241,803.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. LE IS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Howardsville, in the county of Albemarle, State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to furniture, and. more particularly to desks, and has for its object to provide a desk which will include a writin -board and a cabinet and which may pie flplded to form a table when not in useas a Another object is to provide a desk embodying the folding feature, which willbe equipped with an ink-well arranged in such a way that the desk may be folded without spilling the ink from the well.

Another object is to provide an article of furniture embodying the above features which may be manufactured ata low figure and which will be simple in construction and operation.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a front View of the desk with the parts in operative position. Fig. 2 is an end view showing the writing-board and cabinet partially raised. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 3 and showing the desk folded. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the brackets and ink-well.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises the usual front and back boards 5 and 6, respectively, and end boards 7 and 8. Secured at the meeting ends of these boards are the legs 9 of the desk, and the front board 5 is provided with an opening 10, which receives a sliding door 11. The end boards 7 and 8 extend above the front and rear boards 5 and 6, as shown at 12, and these upwardly-extending portions are provided with longitudinally-extending channels 13 in their inner faces which act as guideways for a cross member 14:, having pins 15 in its ends which are slidably engaged in the channels, the cross member being thus movable lon itudinally of the end boards.

The c annels 13 terminate short of the rearward ends of the boards 7 and 8, the rearward ends of the channels being spaced from the rear board 6, and disposed between guidestrips 16, which aresecured to the inner faces of the end boards, there is a vertically-moving cabinet 17, the cabinet being arranged for sliding movement between the guidestrips, as will be readily understood, and it will also be understood that a pair of these guide-strips are secured to each of the .end boards and that the strips of one board coincide with those of the other. The plane of movement of the cabinet 17 lies between the rearward ends of the channels 18 and the rear board 6, and mounted upon the end boards 7 and 8, adjacent to the upper edges thereof, are. pulleys 18, these pulleys lying between the rearward ends of the channels 13 and the rear board 6.

Hinged to the cross member 14 there is a writing-board 19, which is movable upon its hinge to extend forwardly or rearwardly from the cross member, this writing-board being hinged to the forward upper edge of the cross member, so that when it extends rearwardly it lies above the cross member, and the writ ing-board is of a length to fit snugly between the upwardly-extending portions 12 of the boards 7 and 8, the writing-board being of a width to extend from the front to the rear of the table. When the writing-board is in position to extend rearwardly from the cross member, it lies in what may be known as its folded position, and when the writingboard is in this position the cabinet 17 lies wholly within the inclosure of the boards 5, 6, 7, and 8. Means is provided for raising the cabinet 17 to extend above these boards when the writing-board is moved out of its folded position, and this means consists of cords 20, which are secured to the side edges of the board intermediate of the ends thereof at one end, and at their other ends to the lower portion of the cabinet, these cords being engaged with the pulleys 18. It will thus be seen that when the writing-board 19 is raised the cords 20 will be drawn upwardly and forwardly to raise the cabinet.

In use when the desk is to be unfolded the writing-board 19 'is raised upon its hinge and at the same time the cross member 14 is moved rearwardlyto the ends of the channels 13, thus permitting of movement of the Writing-board to extend forwardly from the cross member. At the same time the cabinet 17 will be raised. I

An ink-well 21 is provided and is mounted upon a rod 22, which is pivoted in brackets 23, which are secured in spaced relation, to

the upper face 24 of the writing-board, and the ink-well is disposed with its heavier portion below the pivot-point of the rod, so,that the ink-well is held at all times in upright position regardless of the movement of the writing-board and the brackets.

What is claimed is f 1. article of the class described comprising supporting-legs, boards connected with thelegs, and having guides therein, a member slidably engaged at its ends in the guides, a board hin ed to the member for movement to exten in opposite directions therefrom, a cabinet arranged for movement to lie below the plane of the board or to extend thereabove, and means for moving the cabinet into position to extendabove the board when the board is moved to extend rearwardly from the member.

2. An'article of the class described comprising supporting-legs, guides connected with the legs, a member slidably and pivotally engaged at its ends in the guides, a board hinged to the member and extending in op posite directions therefrom, a cabinet arran ed for movement to lie below the plane of t e board or to extend thereabove, and

means connected with the board andwith the cabinet for moving the latter vertically when the former is moved.

3. An article of the class described comprising a frame, supporting-legs connected with the frame, a board connected with the frame for sliding and for pivotal movement with respect thereto, said board being arranged to lie above the frame to cover the inclosure thereof at times, and at times to lie with a portion of the inclosure of the frame exposed, a cabinet arranged for vertical movementinto and out of the inclosure of the frame, and connections between the board and the cabinet for movement of the .guideways, .a board hinged to I prising a rectangular fram i to cover the inclosure of :in position to extend rearwardly fromzthe cross member, and when said cross member is at the forwardlimit cabinet being adapted cabinet vertically when the board is moved slidably and pivotally.

4. An article of the. class described comprising a frame, supporting-legs connected with the frame, spaced guideways on said frame, a member slidably engaged in the the member for movement to extend in opposite directions therefrom, a cabinet arran ed for vertical movement in the frame pul eys ,mounted in the frame,and cords connectedwith the cabinet and with the board andengaged withthe pulleys, said cords being arranged for, movement to, raise the cabinet when the board is movedpivotally in one direction,

5. An article ofthe class described com- ,6, including front and rear boards and end boards, the latter extending above the former and having channels formed in the inner faces of the upwardly-extending portions and terminating short of the rear board, supporting-legs con nected with the frame, a cross memberhaving pinsslidably engaged in the channels, vertically-extending guides secured to the inner faces of the end boards between the rear board and the adjacent ends of the channels, a cabinet engaged with the guides for vertical movement to lie within the inclosure of the frame or to extend thereabove,fla writing-board hinged to the upper forward .portion of the cross member for movement to extend rearwardly thereof and to liethereupon at times, and at times to extend forwardly thereover, said board, being arranged the frame when it is of'its movement, said to lie within the inclosure of the frame and below the board when the latter is in its rearwardly-extending poraising the cabinetv sition, and means for when theboard is moved out of its rearwardly-extending position.

i In testimony whereof I affix in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD B. LEWIS.

my signature Witnesses:

J. M. IRVING, MARY S. PATTESON. 

